Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Microsoft Aims to Overcome Mobile Missteps.

On Oct. 11, Microsoft and its partners plan to announce the initial wave of handsets that will use Windows Phone 7, a thoroughly overhauled version of the company's cellphone operating system. Mr. Ballmer believes the software will compete more effectively against Apple Inc.'s iPhone and Google Inc.'s Android operating system.

Microsoft has gotten more aggressive against Android in other ways. The company filed a lawsuit Friday against Motorola Inc., alleging the handset maker is infringing Microsoft patents in its Android phones. Motorola vowed to fight the suit.

Microsoft hopes the new phones based on its software erase the memories of missteps like Kin, a Microsoft-designed phone (based on different software) that was pulled from the market earlier this year after only two months. Microsoft's board docked Mr. Ballmer's bonus for the last fiscal year in part because of those missteps, the company disclosed last week in a regulatory filing.

Wallstreet Journal

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